I am all for more attempts to benchmark programming tasks. I really appreciate this article for that, and I hope we see more content like this. However, I wou

I am all for more attempts to benchmark programming tasks. I really appreciate this article for that, and I hope we see more content like this. However, I would note a couple of things: - As the author acknowledges, the Ryzen CPU is last gen. The current generation of Ryzen CPUs are about 20% faster gen-over-gen. - The memory configuration used with that Ryzen CPU is not optimal. I believe DDR4-3600 is recommended, and does have a measurable impact on performance. That said, the M1 is still quite impressive. However the Ryzen 5 5600X (or the upcoming Ryzen 7 5800U for laptops) is a solid choice for a developer workstation. EDIT: I would also add, the limitation of 16GB RAM max is a deal breaker for me (as MacOS, but that's a different story).